MMORPG

MMORPGs are massively multiplayer online roleplaying games, our core focus here on Massively OP. MMORPGs are traditionally differentiated from mere multiplayer games by their persistent worlds, massive playerbases and/or servers, customizable character development, and always-online status. [Follow the MMORPG category’s RSS feed]

Crowfall’s Carnage adds more than just HungerDome, including crafting and trading updates

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"Carnage" doesn't exactly sound like like a safe and relaxing time, but we'll make allowances for Crowfall, which has rolled out its Carnage update...

Corepunk’s third Q&A talks about class quests, criminals, and more

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The questions keep rolling in for Artificial Core's Corepunk, and the devs keep answering them! In this month's third Q&A session, questions are posed...

Dreamworld co-founder’s ex-fiancee calls out Kickstarter fibs but says he’s not intentionally scamming

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A couple of weeks back, we covered the impending Kickstarter funding of Dreamworld, a game by a couple of MMORPG industry novices promising the...

WoW Classic cancels Burning Crusade raid test, leaks deluxe edition mounts

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If you were hoping to get an early dive into Karazhan with the rest of Burning Crusade Classic's testing crowd, steel yourself for minor...
Dunes!

The Daily Grind: What’s the story behind your MMO character’s name?

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When I see a character cross my path with the name "XxDoodyHeadxX," I'm not usually that curious about how such a name came about....

The Stream Team: Puzzled to death in SWTOR

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With seven combined deaths already on the Death Counter, Massively OP's Larry and MJ have only made it through part of The Shroud's lair...

Survival MMO Stars End struggles with low engagement, reaches alpha milestone

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Last fall, we noted that an intriguing-looking space survival MMO called Stars End had sort of stealth launched on Steam early access and wasn't...

Voxel MMO Elteria Adventures revamps its visual style, plans open playtesting this week

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Back in May of last year we took a peek at Elteria Adventures, a voxel-based MMO that featured floating islands, destructible environments, building features,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 319: A sadness prison for addicts

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Justin and Bree discuss Destiny 2's tmog, Elite Dangerous Odyssey, PSO2's New Genesis, RuneScape and Albion on mobile, and Jeff Kaplan's farewell, with adventures in Guild Wars, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag discussion on Blizzard's downfall and future.
Hello, peoples.

Final Fantasy XIV and XI now support more authenticator software for one-time passwords

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If you want to enable a one-time password for your Square-Enix account to access Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XI, or both? That's a good...

TERA Console opens a new dungeon and makes several dungeon adjustments in latest update

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The console version of TERA has gotten a recent update that's almost exclusively about dungeons, which is good news for those who like to...
Loack? Lode?

Fallout 76 launches its Locked & Loaded update

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Today, Fallout 76 is ready to lock things and load other things, or possibly load something and then lock it when it's been loaded? That...

EVE Online releases the second half of its industry update, asks players for footage for an anniversary video

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It's one part work and one part celebration in this EVE Online news posting. On the work side of things, the second part of...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Judgment world boss, Dragonstorm

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Judgment is upon us, friends, in this edition of the Flameseeker Chronicles: The fourth and final chapter of Guild Wars 2's The Icebrood Saga:...

Swords of Legends Online drops a brand-new lore trailer and concept art

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Swords of Legends Online would really like your attention, and it's apparently going to keep pumping out trailers until it has it. Today, Gameforge,...

Choose My Adventure: RIFT was fun before, wasn’t it?

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My time in RIFT this past month has left me confused, frankly. Primarily because I remember genuinely enjoying this game more than I did. That’s...

An infamous WoW Classic griefer sees his 16 accounts all banned during a livestream

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If you've got your finger on the pulse of the greater World of Warcraft: Classic community, you perhaps are familiar with the exploits of...

Star Wars: The Old Republic explores dark secrets with today’s Update 6.3

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Hey you! Drop everything -- groceries, babies, financial responsibilities -- and make a dash over to the Star Wars: The Old Republic launcher. You...

EverQuest’s ‘random loot server’ Mischief and item comparison are coming in May

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There's a portion of the classic EverQuest community that absolutely lives for days when a new time-locked progression server is added to the roster....

The Daily Grind: What’s the best way MMOs can improve player retention – other than new content?

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Months ago, Gamasutra published a piece about the long-tail of game development - basically, how to keep a video game selling copies and/or attracting...

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